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Boots for dogs

I am writing to see what type of consensus I can get on using dog boots in the winter and which type has worked best for you. The boots will be used for waterfowl and or upland game. Thank you for your reply.
Jeremy

Ishmael The Philosopher

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
― Henry David Thoreau

Best investment = DUCT-TAPE. All boots are a major pain, but the leather sack type are probably easier than the Kevlar paw shaped type that you have to place correctly on the foot/ Get the ones that go pretty far up the leg; whatever you do Tape those babies on and still expect to loose one every-time you're out .

Last edited by Hunt'EmUp; 09-24-2013 at 01:44 PM.

"They's Just DAWGS"
"Hunting is a skill to be learned whether you do it early or late it still needs to be learned"
"I train dogs, Not papers"

ON the rare occasions when needed, I like Lewis rubber boots. Tape the leg with athletic pre-wrap (so you do't pull the hair off when you remove them) and then tape them on. Make sure they're big enuf.

ON the rare occasions when needed, I like Lewis rubber boots. Tape the leg with athletic pre-wrap (so you do't pull the hair off when you remove them) and then tape them on. Make sure they're big enuf.

Ditto the above...the better and more sophisticated dog boots look the worse they perform. If it is a matter of keeping snow off then Musher's Secret is your best bet. I can't live without that paw wax.

RuffWear makes a boot that on paper look amazing. Really long boot. Comes right off.

I don't use boots on my dogs. If I ever need to I guess I will just reach under the truck seat and grab a handful of Crown Royal bags.

Lonnie Spann

DISCLAIMER: The above post is the opinionated and biased view of your's truly, Lonnie Spann, and is in no way intended to reflect the opinions or views of the unfortunate individuals named below who just happen to be doomed with guilt by association.

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I've tried the neoprene and leather. Duct taped them. None of them stayed on my dog for any length of time. I used them only cause my dog has problems with losing chunks of the pad off her feet. Now I just don't train her till it heals.

I think they were all made to shoot because if they were not why did they give them that whirr of wings that moves you suddenly more than any love of country . . . I think that they were made to shoot and some of us were made to shoot them and if that is not so well, never say we did not tell you that we liked it.